Weekly Recap April 23, 2016

Interview with Heath Lambert, author of A THEOLOGY OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING: THE DOCTRINAL FOUNDATIONS OF COUNSELING MINISTRY

Hi, I’m Fred Zaspel, executive editor here at Books At a Glance, and today we’re talking to Heath Lambert, author of the new book, A Theology of Biblical Counseling: The Doctrinal Foundations of Counseling Ministry. Dr. Lambert is Executive Director…

THE BIGGEST STORY: HOW THE SNAKE CRUSHER BRINGS US BACK TO THE GARDEN, by Kevin DeYoung

Reviewed by Eric Tully I usually read and evaluate books for review independently and alone, but when I received a copy of The Biggest Story I announced to my wife and two daughters (ages five and seven) that we would…

PROGRESSIVE COVENANTALISM: CHARTING A COURSE BETWEEN DISPENSATIONAL AND COVENANTAL THEOLOGIES, edited by Stephen J. Wellum and Brent E. Parker

Reviewed by Fred Zaspel Debates concerning the relation of the Old and New Testaments – like the poor, it seems – will be with us always. Perhaps the opposing hermeneutical systems that result from the varying understandings of that relationship…

THE PROFESSOR'S PUZZLE: TEACHING IN CHRISTIAN ACADEMICS, by Michael S. Lawson

Reviewed by Eric Tully Introduction Anyone who has spent time as a student has taken courses from excellent teachers…and courses from teachers that, well, could benefit from some self-reflection about their craft. Teaching is difficult. And many of us, whether…

THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL: GOD'S SON GIVEN FOR YOU, by Sinclair B. Ferguson

You find true gospel preaching only when you find a preacher who understands that to preach the gospel he must preach Christ. To preach Christ is to preach doctrine, of course, but there is something warmly distinct about preaching that…